ROLL BACK IN TO GIVE US RELIEF, ALL OF THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. STUDENTS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA COME TOGETHER TO HELP A GREAT CAUSE. RONALD McDONALD HOUSE. THEY SPEND MONTHS COLLECTING POP TABS FROM SODA CANS AND TURN THEM IN CASH FOR CHARITY. LOUIS BOLDEN IS LIVE IN ST. CLOUD THIS NOON AT ONE OF THOSE WINNING SCHOOLS, HI, LOUIS. Reporter: HEY, BRIDGETT, LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE NO STRANGER TO THIS COMPETITION, THEY WON IT EIGHT TIMES. THIS IS THE EIGHTH YEAR WINNING THE COMPETITION THEY COLLECTED THE POP TABS ALL YEAR LONG. GET THIS, THEY COLLECTED 635 POUNDS OF POP TABS. THAT IS A LOT OF POP TABS JACKSON, YOU WERE TELLING ME THIS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR, TELL ME WHAT YOUR MOM DID MY MOM, OKAY, EVERY TIME WE WENT ANYWHERE TO OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, COUSINSES, ANYBODY THAT SHE KNEW, SHE ASKED THEM TO COLLECT POP TABS, SAVE THEM, GIVE THEM TO US, JUST COLLECT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND PLEASE GIVE THEM TO US. IT HELPS OUR SCHOOL AND HELPS THE RONALD McDONALD HOUSE. IT PAID OFF FOR YOU GUYS, COLLECTING 635 POUNDS. MEREDITH IS WITH THE RONALD McDONALD HOUSE, THIS IS A COME AT COMPETITION, TELL ME WHAT IT TRANSLATE FOR YOU. WHAT IT MEANS TO RONALD McDONALD HOUSE, THE POP TABS ARE TURNED IN TO FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT THE FAMILY THAT WE SERVE AT RONALD McDONALD HOUSE. EVERY POP TAB PROVIDES A HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR A FAMILY OF A CRITICALLY ILL CHILD. AND IN CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS YEAR HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU RAISE? NEARLY $11,000. $11,000 FROM POP TABS. ABSOLUTELY, YES. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THE KIDS HERE AT LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ALL OF THE KIDS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL FLORIDA WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS CONTEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU GUYS SEE RONALD IN THE BACKGROUND ENTERTAINING THE KIDS, THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING A GOOD TIME. HE ACTUALLY TO HIS LEFT OVER THERE, THERE IS THE TROPHY THAT THEY GET, AND SO NOT ONLY DO THEY GET THE TROPHY, THEY GATE PLAQUE FROM RONALD McDONALD AND SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD TIME FOR THEM. THEY GET THE TROPHY, THE PLAQUE AND ALSO GET $500, A GIFT CARD TO THE SCHOOL, AND WE HAD A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS, JACKSON WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE EQUIPMENT FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION, BUT THE PRINCIPAL TOLD ME THEY WILL USE THE GIFT CARD TO GET NOOKS TO GO IN THE MEDIA CENTER.

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